For this Nitsche, God is not dead. Dominik Nitsche is 18 years old. He is still in high school. Heck, he may have some homework to finish after this. And after playing in his first ever live tournament, he's an LAPT champion. After he knocked out fellow big stack Mark Ioli late on Day 2 to give him a massive chip lead, some of us joked that he could do away with this final table like a one-man wrecking ball. He didn't end up taking out every player, but he did win the most critical hand at the final table,
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LAPT Mar del Plata: Level 20-21 live updates
This is a live blog of the LAPT Mar del Plata Grand Final, brought to you by bloggers Brad Willis and Change100. This post will updated on a regular basis. Click refresh for the latest information. The latest selected chip counts can be found on the LAPT Chip Counts page....more
LAPT Mar del Plata: Final table player profiles
Below you will find the profiles of the nine final table players at the LAPT Grand Final in Mar del Plata, Argentina. The players come from around the corner and around the world. They will be fighting for the following prizes. LAPT Mar del Plata final table prizes 1. $387,030...more
LAPT Mar del Plata: Level 18-19 live updates
This is a live blog of the LAPT Mar del Plata Grand Final, brought to you by bloggers Brad Willis and Change100. This post will updated on a regular basis. Click refresh for the latest information. The latest selected chip counts can be found on the LAPT Chip Counts page....more
LAPT Mar del Plata: Nitsche wallops Day 2 for final table chip lead
We don't know what to say. This hardly ever happens to us. We don't know how to react when it happens this fast. It usually lasts a lot longer. We promise. Somehow we managed to dispatch 52 players in less than seven hours of playing time. Using the word "somehow"...more
LAPT Mar del Plata: Level 17-18 live updates
This is a live blog of the LAPT Mar del Plata Grand Final, brought to you by bloggers Brad Willis and Change100. This post will updated on a regular basis. Click refresh for the latest information. The latest selected chip counts can be found on the LAPT Chip Counts page....more
LAPT Mar del Plata: Level 15-16 live updates
This is a live blog of the LAPT Mar del Plata Grand Final, brought to you by bloggers Brad Willis and Change100. This post will updated on a regular basis. Click refresh for the latest information. The latest selected chip counts can be found on the LAPT Chip Counts page....more
LAPT Mar del Plata: Level 13-14 live updates
This is a live blog of the LAPT Mar del Plata Grand Final, brought to you by bloggers Brad Willis and Change100. This post will updated on a regular basis. Click refresh for the latest information. The latest selected chip counts can be found on the LAPT Chip Counts page....more
LAPT Mar del Plata: Level 11-12 live updates
This is a live blog of the LAPT Mar del Plata Grand Final, brought to you by bloggers Brad Willis and Change100. This post will updated on a regular basis. Click refresh for the latest information. The latest selected chip counts can be found on the LAPT Chip Counts page....more
LAPT Mar del Plata: Robin Chesne leads the Day 1b pack
Outside the Casino Central, it was a sparkling, sunny day. Cool ocean breezes announced the arrival of fall. Couples walked hand in hand down the Avenida Peralta Ramos, enjoying their Friday afternoon. Sea lions barked a few meters offshore. But inside the poker room, a man sat with an umbrella...more
LAPT Mar del Plata: Two stories with kings
We're getting close to the end and the evening is paralleling last night pretty well. There was post-supper craziness followed by a food coma lull followed by a dramatic lock-down by the people looking to make Day 2. A few minutes ago, we saw two nearly identical hands with quite...more
LAPT Mar del Plata: How have the mighty fallen
It seemed like hours ago when Chris Moneymaker sidled up to Joe Hachem's table, joking that he needed to bust quickly because they needed three more players for a satellite out in the poker room. Oh wait... it was. Hachem was short-stacked then, but managed to survive for several levels....more
LAPT Mar del Plata: BrenesWatch, Part 3 (Adios, Humberto)
Alas, there is now but one Brenes remaining in the field. Short-stacked for some time now, Humberto Brenes moved all in for roughly 12,000 and the action was folded to David Schechter on the button, who went into a lengthy think. "I have a good hand, Humberto" he said. "Please...more
LAPT Mar del Plata: Gone but not gone
So, Team PokerStars Pro Maria "maridu" Mayrinck busted yesterday during Day 1A, but that doesn't mean she is forgotten. In fact, she's pretty easy to remember, what with her playing a side tournament right in front of us. Since she wasn't able to stick around for long yesterday, the PokerStars...more
LAPT Mar del Plata: Go big or go home
Alexandre Gomes didn't exactly get the easiest table draw today. He started the day with Veronica Dabul and Leo Fernandez on his immediate left and though Dabul busted a few hours ago on the baddest of beats, Fernandez is still well in this thing with over 31,000 in chips. The...more
LAPT Mar del Plata: Taking over
Greatness is not simply a matter of survival. Greatness comes from prospering while others merely struggle to stay afloat. While your countrymen tiptoe around expandiing sinkholes, you build high rises. It's not necessarily the Art of War, but we're only talking about poker, so it'll do. That is simply a...more
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